Scientists discover Asteroid impact in Antarctica when Neanderthals were roaming Europe 430,000 years ago
It was 430,000 years ago, during the middle of the Pleistocene epoch when the earliest Neanderthals were roaming across Europe that the asteroid had hit the Antarctic
Scientists Drill 3,500 Feet Into Antarctic Ice To Find A Mysterious Subglacial Lake
A research team studying tiny particles found in Antarctica have uncovered evidence of an asteroid impact in Antarctica 430,000 years ago, using chemical clues locked in the particles to piece together what happened then.
The findings reiterate the need for the identification of these events in deep sea sediment cores and, if plume expansion reaches landmasses, the sedimentary record, said the team of scientists.